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Workman Elementary School

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Workman Elementary School ranks 321 st of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public, Magnet Grades K-5

321^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 Michigan Elementary Schools

Better than 78% of Michigan elementary schools

Summary

Workman Elementary School is a K-5 public school in Canton, MI, serving 637 students within the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools district, where it stands out as a consistently high-achieving school in an area with many educational options.

Workman has earned a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past decade, ranking in the 78th to 89th percentile statewide. One of its most notable strengths is exceptional performance with its African American students, who ranked in the 97th percentile statewide in the most recent school year—a remarkable achievement. The school also boasts a low chronic absenteeism rate of 14.0%, significantly better than the district average of 19.3% and less than half the state average of 27.9%, indicating strong student engagement. However, there is a persistent challenge in 4th-grade math, where only 35.4% of students were proficient compared to the district's 56.9%—a gap that has appeared for two consecutive years and may point to a specific instructional or cohort issue worth investigating.

When comparing Workman to its neighbors, the picture is mixed. It sits between high-performing peers like Dodson Elementary (86th percentile) and Tonda Elementary (88th percentile), while other nearby public schools like Miller Elementary and Bentley Elementary rank significantly lower. Workman also faces competition from high-performing charter schools such as Achieve Charter Academy and South Canton Scholars Charter Academy, both of which rank in the 90th percentile or higher. While Workman's overall ranking has slipped slightly from a peak of 128th in the state to 321st recently, it remains a strong, well-funded school (spending $16,400 per student) that demonstrates a genuine commitment to equity and excellence for all its students.

637

Students ?

17.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,400

Per pupil spending ?

10.7%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in Michigan receive free school meals.

250 N Denton Rd
Canton, MI 48187-2135

(734) 582-6700

District: Plymouth-Canton Community Schools

Students who attend Workman Elementary School usually attend:

High:	Canton High School
	Plymouth High School
	Salem High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

58.7%

Asian:

22.4%

African American:

9.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 80th percentile in 2016 → 78th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Michigan average (52% vs 38% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 22% of Michigan elementary schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school52%

District avg55%

Michigan avg38%

321^st of 1,492

Michigan public elementary schools ?

Top 22%▼ down 1 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 13Elementary Schools in the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools

106^th of 625Plymouth-Canton Community Schools among Michigan districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	76.1	321 of 1492	78.5%	★★★★☆
2025	81.4	256 of 1488	82.8%	★★★★☆
2024	74.6	331 of 1486	77.7%	★★★★☆
2023	78.0	275 of 1470	81.3%	★★★★☆
2022	84.1	162 of 1344	87.9%	★★★★☆
2021	85.0	128 of 1153	88.9%	★★★★☆
2019	79.1	240 of 1408	83.0%	★★★★☆
2018	84.1	198 of 1448	86.3%	★★★★☆
2017	71.9	324 of 1466	77.9%	★★★★☆
2016	75.9	314 of 1548	79.7%	★★★★☆
2015	78.8	294 of 1580	81.4%	★★★★☆
2014	79.3	265 of 1533	82.7%	★★★★☆
2013	84.3	175 of 1563	88.8%	★★★★☆
2012	90.6	76 of 1566	95.1%	★★★★★
2011	82.1	112 of 1552	92.8%	★★★★★
2010	80.7	125 of 1552	91.9%	★★★★★
2009	78.0	264 of 1589	83.4%	★★★★☆
2008	80.3	199 of 1577	87.4%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	93.1	11 of 388	97.2%	★★★★★
2025	77.9	41 of 369	88.9%	★★★★☆
2022	91.9	5 of 158	96.8%	★★★★★
2018	85.0	33 of 475	93.1%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	54.3	48 of 100	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	54.0	53 of 95	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.8	70 of 97	27.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	57.0	47 of 84	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.9	32 of 51	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	61.0	21 of 36	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.5	66 of 101	34.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	37.6	107 of 173	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	55.8	76 of 184	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	30.2	129 of 180	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	72.0	28 of 117	76.1%	★★★★☆
2018	79.9	40 of 270	85.2%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	64.9	401 of 1343	70.1%	★★★★☆
2025	74.3	283 of 1338	78.8%	★★★★☆
2024	63.0	416 of 1342	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	72.2	279 of 1321	78.9%	★★★★☆
2022	77.4	184 of 1106	83.4%	★★★★☆
2021	78.5	140 of 902	84.5%	★★★★☆
2019	73.1	244 of 1171	79.2%	★★★★☆
2018	80.2	243 of 1443	83.2%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	66.3	357 of 1352	73.6%	★★★★☆
2025	76.5	210 of 1346	84.4%	★★★★☆
2024	51.6	608 of 1381	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.3	557 of 1350	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.8	372 of 1099	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	27.2	1105 of 1397	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	78.3	252 of 1372	81.6%	★★★★☆
2025	82.1	201 of 1366	85.3%	★★★★☆
2024	76.7	250 of 1347	81.4%	★★★★☆
2023	77.3	254 of 1334	81.0%	★★★★☆
2022	82.9	149 of 1139	86.9%	★★★★☆
2021	81.4	116 of 915	87.3%	★★★★☆
2019	79.1	196 of 1196	83.6%	★★★★☆
2018	83.5	196 of 1446	86.4%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	72.3	41 of 246	83.3%	★★★★☆
2025	57.4	91 of 252	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	71.9	43 of 225	80.9%	★★★★☆
2023	67.5	48 of 195	75.4%	★★★★☆
2022	88.1	2 of 32	93.8%	★★★★★
2018	67.4	82 of 403	79.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	66.7	358 of 1199	70.1%	★★★★☆
2025	76.7	247 of 1206	79.5%	★★★★☆
2024	74.9	259 of 1204	78.5%	★★★★☆
2023	76.1	244 of 1198	79.6%	★★★★☆
2022	87.4	88 of 1102	92.0%	★★★★★
2021	84.2	104 of 1005	89.7%	★★★★☆
2019	72.5	263 of 1128	76.7%	★★★★☆
2018	74.3	283 of 1253	77.4%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2026)97th percentile+19 vs school

Special Education (2026)83rd percentile+5 vs school

Male (2026)82nd percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)74th percentile-5 vs school

White (2026)70th percentile-8 vs school

Female (2026)70th percentile-8 vs school

Asian (2026)52nd percentile-26 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)38th percentile-45 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2025-2026) ?

Science61%+21 vs state

English Language Arts57%+16 vs state

Math49%+11 vs state

Social Studies37%+10 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, September 1, 2016

We love the staff and parent involvement. I can only rave about this school. It has made such a positive impact on my children. We thought our last school was great, but Workman is even better. The principal is amazing. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT English Language Arts (2026)	PSAT Mathematics (2026)	M-Step English Language Arts (2026)					M-Step Math (2026)					M-Step Science (2026)		M-Step Social Studies (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Workman Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	250 N Denton Rd	Canton	48187	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(734) 582-6700	637	36	17.8	10.7%	374 (58.7%)	59 (9.3%)	28 (4.4%)	143 (22.4%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	26 (4.1%)	76.1	321^st of 1492 public elementary schools	78.5%		81.4	256^th of 1488 public elementary schools	82.8%	65			56.6	53.1	60.2			65.7	35.4	48.7			61.1		37.2		$16,400	$596	$15,804
Dodson Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	205 N Beck Rd	Canton	48187	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(734) 981-8003	470	32	14.6	20.4%	294 (62.6%)	48 (10.2%)	13 (2.8%)	76 (16.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.4%)	84.6	207^th of 1492 public elementary schools	86.1%		82.5	237^th of 1488 public elementary schools	84.1%	30			50.0	63.1	69.0			56.9	61.9	59.2			59.2		40.8		$18,722	$373	$18,349
Canton Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	49100 Ford Rd	Canton	48187	Wayne County	Canton Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(734) 453-9517	774	37	20.8	35.3%	151 (19.5%)	191 (24.7%)	51 (6.6%)	303 (39.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	75 (9.7%)	84.4	213^th of 1492 public elementary schools	85.7%		81.5	254^th of 1488 public elementary schools	82.9%	41	78.0	58.0	44.6	58.4	73.6	67.8	83.6	51.8	51.7	58.2	52.5	74.5	63.3	56.0	57.8	68.0	$12,166	$586	$11,580
Achieve Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3250 Denton Rd	Canton	48188	Wayne County	Achieve Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(734) 397-0960	771	36	21.3	29.4%	132 (17.1%)	159 (20.6%)	18 (2.3%)	371 (48.1%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (11.0%)	89.1	148^th of 1492 public elementary schools	90.1%		95.2	50^th of 1488 public elementary schools	96.6%	98	88.6	60.0	68.5	73.3	63.3	75.6	60.0	75.3	74.4	51.1	59.0	56.0	53.3	55.7	36.7	75.7	$11,732	$678	$11,053
Tonda Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	46501 Warren Rd	Canton	48187	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 416-6100	476	28	17.1	14.1%	381 (80.0%)	15 (3.2%)	19 (4.0%)	33 (6.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.5%)	87.4	172^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	88.5%		87.8	161^st of 1488 public elementary schools	89.2%	11			52.9	64.6	58.6			70.6	65.9	58.0			54.3		55.7		$16,564	$661	$15,903
Hoben Elementary School	Public	K-5	44680 Saltz Rd	Canton	48187	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(734) 981-8670	443	27	16.6	24.6%	300 (67.7%)	40 (9.0%)	32 (7.2%)	48 (10.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.0%)	79.8	266^th of 1492 public elementary schools	82.2%		68.9	425^th of 1488 public elementary schools	71.4%	159			55.6	53.3	68.3			57.5	56.4	42.6			63.9		37.7		$15,537	$510	$15,027
Bentley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 S Sheldon Rd	Canton	48188	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 397-6360	479	30	16.0	20.5%	288 (60.1%)	51 (10.6%)	27 (5.6%)	77 (16.1%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (6.3%)	41.4	832^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	44.2%		63.6	516^th of 1488 public elementary schools	65.3%	316			29.5	35.1	41.3			41.0	46.8	20.5			39.8		18.1		$17,213	$797	$16,416
South Pointe Scholars Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	10550 Geddes Rd	Ypsilanti	48198	Washtenaw County	South Pointe Scholars Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(734) 484-0118	631	38	16.5	74.3%	133 (21.1%)	280 (44.4%)	120 (19.0%)	7 (1.1%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (13.8%)	28	1036^th of 1492 public elementary schools	30.6%		23.3	1103^rd of 1488 public elementary schools	25.9%	67	58.1	23.3	31.7	40.6	29.1	23.7	38.5	43.2	29.0	22.1	11.9	21.2	18.6	41.9	4.7	46.5	$14,066	$1,498	$12,568
South Canton Scholars Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3085 S Canton Center Rd	Canton	48188	Wayne County	South Canton Scholars Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(734) 398-5658	822	41	20.2	46.8%	224 (27.3%)	268 (32.6%)	35 (4.3%)	186 (22.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	108 (13.1%)	87.4	171^st of 1492 public elementary schools	88.5%		88.6	143^rd of 1488 public elementary schools	90.4%	28	81.6	63.2	65.2	63.7	65.7	73.8	71.8	67.8	65.7	60.2	77.0	51.3	50.9	68.4	36.1	78.9	$12,302	$599	$11,703
Miller Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	43721 Hanford Rd	Canton	48187	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(734) 416-4800	480	29	16.4	36.0%	290 (60.4%)	92 (19.2%)	32 (6.7%)	35 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.5%)	52.1	668^th of 1492 public elementary schools	55.2%		56.9	609^th of 1488 public elementary schools	59.1%	59			41.3	26.9	49.3			56.0	36.7	22.2			45.8		33.3		$15,997	$643	$15,354

Frequently Asked Questions about Workman Elementary School

What schools do graduates of Workman Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Workman Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Canton High School
High : Plymouth High School
High : Salem High School

How many students attend Workman Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 637 students attended Workman Elementary School.

What district is Workman Elementary School in?

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools

What is the racial makeup of Workman Elementary School?

Students at Workman Elementary School are 59% White, 22% Asian, 9% African American, 4% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

Is Workman Elementary School a good school?

Workman Elementary School ranks 321^st of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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